{"id":238499,"date":"2025-04-27T09:04:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T08:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/an-unconventional-funeral-for-an-unconventional-pope-the-story-of-pope-francis-funeral-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T09:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T08:04:32","slug":"an-unconventional-funeral-for-an-unconventional-pope-the-story-of-pope-francis-funeral-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/an-unconventional-funeral-for-an-unconventional-pope-the-story-of-pope-francis-funeral-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"An unconventional funeral for an unconventional Pope: The story of Pope Francis&#8217; Funeral | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/GM53p5xMm2k\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"An unconventional funeral for an unconventional Pope: The story of Pope Francis' Funeral | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GM53p5xMm2k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>It was grand &#8211; as the funeral of the leader of the world&#8217;s more than one billion Catholics must be. But it was also humble, in the ways the late Pope requested. <\/p>\n<p>A simple wooden coffin &#8211; honoured at the Vatican but not interred there.<\/p>\n<p>That was the scene  in Rome &#8211; at the final resting place of Pope Francis &#8211; the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. Away from the rulers and the royals who attended the memorial to him. 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